Citing a threat to security, Indian government bans more Chinese apps in India including popular game Free Fire

India has announced plans to ban 54 Chinese apps that pose a threat to the country's security. The apps set to be banned include Sweet Selfie HD, Beauty Camera, Viva Video Editor, App lock, and Dual Space Light. This is not the first time that India is banning Chinese apps, in June last year remember India banned 59 Chinese applications including mega-popular platforms like TikTok, WeChat then as well the government cited a threat to the nation's sovereignty and security. Nearly 300 apps have been blocked in India since the border tensions with China escalated in May 2020. 

The first round of the bands was announced in June 2020, this was just days after 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a clash with Chinese troops at the Galvan valley in eastern Ladakh. India continues to take strong actions against Chinese apps and now India has in another strong action taken action against Chinese app banning almost over 50 Chinese apps over the issue of privacy and national security. Now we need to understand that this is not the first time this has happened, this is an ongoing process India started banning Chinese apps after the 2020 Galwan incident in which the Chinese aggressive action the line of actual control elected that of 20 Indian soldiers. 

Now one of the key reasons for the Indian action is privacy and national security. We know that it's just not here in India but globally as well there has been worry regarding Chinese technology and Chinese apps and that is why the Indian government is taking uh such a concerted effort to ban Chinese apps but there is, of course, the geopolitical context as well. India and china's relationship has gone downwards since the Galwan incident and continues to remain tense because of the Chinese buildup. It has been just two months of this year and we have seen how the Chinese continue to be provocative in their actions whether it is by sending letters to Indian MPs. 

The Chinese embassy sent letters to Indian MPs for participating in the Tibet event or of course the china propaganda machinery coming out with videos which they have been claiming are the Chinese soldiers in Galwan. This was something that was dismissed by the Indian security establishment but of course, we also know that the Chinese side allowed a Galwan commander to be Olympic Torchbearers which riled up India, and India, of course, announced that it is going to diplomatically boycott the Chinese Olympics. So it is largely in this context that this action is coming and this is something that we are expected to hear more from India in terms of taking action against Chinese apps or whether it's the investments as well.

List of apps that were banned: 

1 Beauty Camera: Sweet Selfie HD
2 Beauty Camera – Selfie Camera
3 Equalizer – Bass Booster & Volume EQ & Virtualizer
4 Music Player- Music.Mp3 Player
5 Equalizer & Bass Booster – Music Volume EQ
6 Music Plus – MP3 Player
7 Equalizer Pro – Volume Booster & Bass Booster
8 Video Player Media All Format
9 Music Player – Equalizer & MP3
10 Volume Booster – Loud Speaker & Sound Booster
11 Music Player – MP3 Player
12 CamCard for SalesForce Ent
13 Isoland 2: Ashes of Time Lite
14 Rise of Kingdoms: Lost Crusade
IS/APUS Security HD (Pad Version)
16 Parallel Space Lite 32 Support
17 Viva Video Editor – Snack Video Maker with Music
18 Nice video baidu
19 Tencent Xriver
20 Onmyoji Chess
21 Onmyoji Arena
22 AppLock
23 Dual Space Lite – Multiple Accounts & Clone App
24 Dual Space Pro – Multiple Accounts & App Cloner
25 DualSpace Lite – 32Bit Support
26 Dual Space – 32Bit Support
27 Dual Space – 64Bit Support
28 Dual Space Pro – 32Bit Support
29 Conquer Online – MMORPG Game
30 Conquer Online Il
31 Live Weather & Radar – Alerts
32 Notes- Color Notepad, Notebook
33 MP3 Cutter – Ringtone Maker & Audio Cutter
34 Voice Recorder & Voice Changer
35 Barcode Scanner – QR Code Scan
36 Lica Cam – selfie camera app
37 EVE Echoes
38 Astracraft
39 UU Game Booster-network solution for high ping
40 Extraordinary Ones
41 Badlanders
42 Stick Fight: The Game Mobile
43 Twilight Pioneers
44 CuteU: Match With The World
45 Small World-Enjoy groupchat and video chat
46 CuteU Pro
47 FancvU – Video Chat & Meetup
48 Real: Go Live. Make Friends
49 MoonChat: Enjoy Video Chats
50 Real Lite -video to live!
51 Wink: Connect Now
52 FunChat Meet People Around You
53 FancyU pro – Instant Meetup through Video chat!
54 Garena Free Fire – Illuminate